these texts are an archive of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area from march 2007 - march 2015. it stands as a record of close to a decade of my life, charting the struggles i faced as an artist, daughter, and lover. messy and chaotic at times, eloquent and poetic at others, these texts are an index i am proud of. it was here in this electric box that i learned how to be honest about my experiences and the person i needed to become. it was here that i first learned the truism that words make the world and how to trust such a beautiful, rife, hard fact.

thank you for meeting me here in such tall grass.


my artist website is here.

Feb 23, 2009

this labor...

3 hours of painting... time for a break... clear my eyes.

i look at the paintings on my walls and they are good: they look back.
they say, "keep going! make more!"

i am trying, girls. trying hard
to birth your sisters...
moving slowly,
keeping the strain at bay...
i am trying hard the push them out...

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